Second-seeded Clara Burel and third-seeded Diane Parry, both of France, were the latest upset victims, falling in the second round of the Jasmin Open Tunisia on Wednesday in Monastir, Tunisia.
A day after fourth-seeded Nadia Podoroska and fifth-seeded Jaqueline Cristian were ousted in the first round, Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia knocked off Burel 7-6 (4), 7-5, and qualifier Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine eliminated Parry 6-4, 6-4.
Starodubtseva saved six break points and converted her fourth match point in coming through a nine-deuce final game to record her first Top 60 victory. For the whole match, she saved 12 of 13 break points, to 3 of 6 for Parry, who also had six aces.
Sara Sorribes Tormo of Spain rallied to beat Jana Fett of Croatia 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 and advance to her second quarterfinal of 2024. British qualifier Sonay Kartal, the No. 151 player in the world who ousted Romania’s Cristian, defeated Japan’s Mai Hontama 6-2, 6-2 in 78 minutes.
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Kamilla Rakhimova advanced to the quarterfinals when third-seeded Victoria Azarenka retired in the second set down 6-2, 3-0 in the second round of the WTA 500 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Azarenka of Belarus, the No. 19 player in the world, already had five double faults and converted none of her five break-point opportunities. Russia’s Rakhimova converted all four of her chances and did not have a double fault.
Sixth-seeded Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic won in straight sets over Alexandra Eala of the Philippines 6-2, 6-2 in the first round. But seventh-seeded Veronika Kudermetova of Russia couldn’t avoid the upset in falling in three sets to Colombia’s Camila Osorio 7-6 (5), 6-7 (2), 7-5 in the second round.
Other winners in the first round were Canada’s Marina Stakusic and Poland’s Magdalena Frech.
Matches later Wednesday were second-seeded Danielle Collins against Australia’s Olivia Gadecki, and Italy’s Martina Trevisan versus Mexico’s Renata Zarazua.
–Field Level Media
